PS 479/579 U.S. Intervention in Developing Nations

This revised version has been expanded with 44 new essays, all written by respected post-Cold War scholars who bring the latest perspectives to their topics. General category coverage includes concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.

This handbook "brings together leading experts in the field to examine current trends in the way scholars study the history and theories of American conduct in the world, analysis of state and non-state actors and their tools in conducting policy, and the dynamics of a variety of pressing transnational challenges facing the United States." You will find quite a bit on intervention.

A comprehensive reference, "rich in case studies of diplomatic, economic and military cooperation and contentiousness." More than 800 entries detailing the political, economic and military interconnections between the United States and the countries of Latin America. Topics covered include: United States military interventions in the Caribbean; The Cold War, communism and dictators;The war on drugs in Latin America; the role of coffee, bananas, copper and oil; "Big Stick" and Good Neighbour policies.

In The Right Kind of Revolution, Michael E. Latham explores the role of modernization and development in U.S. foreign policy from the early Cold War through the present. Analyzes many interventions from Guatemala through Iraq and Afghanistan.